Hymns Of The Brahmo Somaj Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBCDEDE AFGFBHFHFIJIK ALFMFNOPOQRSRTUVUWXY Z| I | A |
| The mercy O Eternal One | B |
| By man unmeasured yet | C |
| In joy or grief in shade or sun | B |
| I never will forget | C |
| I give the whole and not a part | D |
| Of all Thou gayest me | E |
| My goods my life my soul and heart | D |
| I yield them all to Thee | E |
| - | |
| II | A |
| We fast and plead we weep and pray | F |
| From morning until even | G |
| We feel to find the holy way | F |
| We knock at the gate of heaven | B |
| And when in silent awe we wait | H |
| And word and sign forbear | F |
| The hinges of the golden gate | H |
| Move soundless to our prayer | F |
| Who hears the eternal harmonies | I |
| Can heed no outward word | J |
| Blind to all else is he who sees | I |
| The vision of the Lord | K |
| - | |
| III | A |
| O soul be patient restrain thy tears | L |
| Have hope and not despair | F |
| As a tender mother heareth her child | M |
| God hears the penitent prayer | F |
| And not forever shall grief be thine | N |
| On the Heavenly Mother's breast | O |
| Washed clean and white in the waters of joy | P |
| Shall His seeking child find rest | O |
| Console thyself with His word of grace | Q |
| And cease thy wail of woe | R |
| For His mercy never an equal hath | S |
| And His love no bounds can know | R |
| Lean close unto Him in faith and hope | T |
| How many like thee have found | U |
| In Him a shelter and home of peace | V |
| By His mercy compassed round | U |
| There safe from sin and the sorrow it brings | W |
| They sing their grateful psalms | X |
| And rest at noon by the wells of God | Y |
| In the shade of His holy palms | Z |
John Greenleaf Whittier
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